On 16-Jul-08, at 3:23 PM, Daniel W Barowy wrote:
On the other hand, web developers think this thing is hot shit.
I'd just be a little more comfortable if you qualified that a little. Perhaps with something like `wrong-thinking web developers think...'
The current breed of standards-based web developers - which in my estimation form the bulk of all web developers currently doing anything anyone is seeing, and of which I am fairly representative, would think nothing of the sort.
Truly well-versed web developers find cross-browser issues bothersome, but far from insurmountable; certainly not worthy of abandoning xhtml, css and javascript for something with funny names and registered trademarks.
Flash has a place on the web, just like any other rich media format. It should be used responsibly, as semantically as possible, and degrade nicely for those who care not to use it. I make every effort to use it within these guidelines, and present them as gospel to my clients. Many (most?) modern web developers do too, except for the ones at a Flex conference who still think drawing entire websites in Flash is a good idea. Shame on them, but they are a dying breed.
At a bank? Yeesh...
